Win 5 Copies of “Fluid Web Typography” (by WebdesignerDepot) – leave a comment with your favorite typography link for the chance to win a copy of Jason Cranford Teague’s book (I hope this trackback counts as a comment .
There are always more than two options (by Derek Sivers) – couldn’t agree more. Counting choices means limiting yourself, like “all flights to Europe are too expensive therefore I cannot go to Europe” – how about taking a cruise?
I know this might be a little off-topic but nevertheless useful to many of us. The book ‘The Principles of Successful Freelancing‘ of Miles Burke is available for free to download (only valid for the next 10 days starting today), so get it now!
Contents
Considering Freelancing?
Prepare for the Transition
Manage Your Money
Set Yourself Up
Win the Work
Give Great Service
Achieve Work–Life Balance
Where to from Here?
About the author
Miles Burke has been creating web sites since 1994. In 2002, Miles founded Bam Creative, an award-winning Western Australian web company. Miles serves as Chairperson of the Australian Web Industry Association, and has been awarded for his entrepreneurship in recent years; he’s a recipient of the Contribution to the Web Industry award in 2005, winner of the WA Business News’ 40under40 award in 2007, and appears in the 2008 edition of Who’s Who in Western Australia. Miles can also be found writing at Miles’ Blog.
Marti Hearst generously made her upcoming book “Search User Interfaces” available for reading online. She is definitely not a newcomer to the scene and the book for sure not a Best-Of compilation, moreover the book is written in an academic fashion that backs up its theses usability studies, log studies, or some other form of proof (like it!) – like Harry Brignull states: “Caution: actual thought may be required when reading this book.”
Contents: Search User Interfaces
The book has two main parts: search fundamentals (Chapters 1-7) and advanced topics (Chapters 8-12).
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